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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Queen Mary University of London

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    3 years

Course summary

Research students in the Department of Drama study in one of the United Kingdom's leading centres for performance research. We welcome applications from graduate students who research in any of our areas of expertise.

Research students play an important part in Drama's collaborations with leading arts organisations, including the Barbican, Shakespeare's Globe, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Actors' Touring Company, the London Film Festival, LIFT, and AfroReggae.

The Department of Drama webpages have detailed instructions on how to find a supervisor and how to apply. Please read these and following the instructions before making an electronic application through this page.

We offer supervision across topics including, but by no means limited to:

  • Performance and the city
  • Site-specific performance and installation art
  • Space and place
  • Applied and socially engaged theatre and performance, especially in relation to young people, older people, prisons, Brazil, development, democracy and human rights
  • Theatre in Education
  • National, intercultural, and transnational performance, especially in relation to the UK, Europe (particularly Ireland, Spain, Italy), South Africa, Canada, USA, Latin America (particularly Argentina and Brazil), and New Zealand
  • Cultural identities
  • Globalisation
  • Tourism
  • Cultural economics of performance
  • Cultural value and cultural policy
  • Labour
  • Democracy
  • Community
  • Theatre and political economy
  • Live Art and Performance Art
  • Subcultural histories
  • Gender and sexuality, especially feminist, gay, lesbian, and queer performance histories and practices
  • Early modern drama in performance, especially early modern and contemporary contexts

Tuition fees

Students living in Hong Kong
(International fees)

£ 23,050per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London

  • University League Table

    50th

  • Campus address

    Queen Mary University of London, Admissions and Recruitment Office, Mile End Road, London, Tower Hamlets, E1 4NS, England

Students can experience campus life while living in London, the best student city in the world.
Research at Queen Mary is world-leading across disciplines, with its academics making a major impact across all subject areas.
Queen Mary is truly inclusive, with multiple nationalities represented on its campuses.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    12th out of 95 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 198
    141 71%

    27th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    81.0 81%

    1st

    5
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.03 76%

    59th

    6

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